A cat-o'-nine-tails.
Used in a Sentence
cattail
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cattail.
Editorial note
But there are other plants——most infamously Phragmites australis——where it’s native but there’s an invasive subspecies that is sadly displacing the great cattail swamps.
Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A cat-o'-nine-tails.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of cattail gathered in one view.
(US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for cattail.
noun
A cat-o'-nine-tails.
noun
(US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
Example sentences
But there are other plants——most infamously Phragmites australis——where it’s native but there’s an invasive subspecies that is sadly displacing the great cattail swamps.
For fiber, they used everything from flax and hemp to cattail reeds—all plants that would have grown near the Hohle Fels and Geissenklösterle caves 30,000 years ago.
(Sad because a cattail swamp is a huge caloric reservoir.
In the spirit of inclusiveness to non-technical folks who are flummoxed by CLIs but also have a religious objection to running closed software on their closed source OS, I'd recommend that they ask a more technically-inclined friend to set up the open source Tailscale client software with Cattail if they're on Windows, or an Automation that drives the CLI if they're on macOS.
> If (1) you personally need a GUI and (2) have a religious objection to running closed software on your closed source OS, ask a more technical friend to set up Cattail if you're on Windows, or an Automation that drives the CLI if you're on macOS.
Cattail makes good rope, but like reed it requires quite a bit of processing because it's so fleshy.
Cattail and hardy water lily can regrow from the roots.
Not the "regular" fried midwest foods, but dumplings, ox-tail soup, cabbage soup, so many beans, so much pork belly, cattail flour flatbread, fresh watercress and mustard greens; those sorts of things.
I first thought to spray them with a waterproof coating and sell them as "Pigeon Frisbees" but alas, they were aerodynamically unsuitable (they rode the air like cattail seeds), and so, in the end I asked HEB parking lot employees to consider cleaning the remains of dead pigeons as a favor to their customers.
Quote examples
Not the "regular" fried midwest foods, but dumplings, ox-tail soup, cabbage soup, so many beans, so much pork belly, cattail flour flatbread, fresh watercress and mustard greens; those sorts of things.
I first thought to spray them with a waterproof coating and sell them as "Pigeon Frisbees" but alas, they were aerodynamically unsuitable (they rode the air like cattail seeds), and so, in the end I asked HEB parking lot employees to consider cleaning the remains of dead pigeons as a favor to their customers.
Proper noun examples
Cattail makes good rope, but like reed it requires quite a bit of processing because it's so fleshy.
Cattail and hardy water lily can regrow from the roots.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use cattail in a sentence?
But there are other plants——most infamously Phragmites australis——where it’s native but there’s an invasive subspecies that is sadly displacing the great cattail swamps.
What does cattail mean?
A cat-o'-nine-tails.
What part of speech is cattail?
cattail is commonly used as noun.